Warping or reeling machine



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V. ROYLE & J. ROYLE, Jr. g WARPING 0R RBBLING MACHINE.

N PETERS, Pnum-hmognphur. Wuhingxon. D. C.

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V. ROYLB 8v J. ROYLE, Jr. WARPING 0R REELING MACHINE.

No. 370,162. Patented Sept. 20, 1887.

N. PETERS. Phammhagnpnnr. wnmngmn n. c.

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V. ROYLE 8u JROYLE, Jr. WARPING 0R RBBLING MACHINE.

1\I0..,'70,16.2.- Patented sept. 20, 1887.

N4 PETERS. PhawLinhvguphr. washingmn, D. C.

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V. ROYLE & J. ROYLB, Jr.

WARPING 0R REELING MAGHINB.

Patented Sept. 20, 1887.

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V. ROYLE & J. ROYLE, Jr. WARPING 0B. -RBELING MACHINE.

No. 370,162. Patented Sept. 20, 1887.

ely/@ N. PETERS. Phnm-umogmphnr, wasmngmn. D. C.

(No Model.) A 8 Sheets-Sheet 6. V. ROYLE 8a J. ROYLE. Jr.

WARPING 0R RBELING MACHINE.

No. 370,162. Patented Sept. 20, 1887.

N. PETERS, Phalvmiwgmpher. wnhingwn, D, C.

(No Model.) 8 Sheets--Sheet 7. V. ROYLE 8v J. ROYLE, Jr. WARPING ORREELING MACHINE.

No. 370,162. Patented Sept. 20, 1887.

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(No Model.) 8 Sheets-#Sheet 8. V. ROYLE 8v J. ROYLE, Jr. WARPING OR REELING MACHINE` No. 370,162. Patented Sept. 20, 1887'.

UNITED STATES PATENT EEECE6 VERN ON ROYLE AND JOHN ROYLE, JR., OF PATERSON, NE\V JERSEY WARPING OR REELING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 370,162, dated September 20` 1887.

(No model.)

Toall whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, VERNON ROYLE and Jol-IN ROYLE, Jr., both of Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in \Varping or Reeling Machines, of which the following is a specification.

Although our invention is more particularly intended for warping-machines for winding or reeling silk-warp preparatory to weaving, certain features thereof may be embodied in other reeling-machines for silk and in warping or reeling machines for other materials.

Among those features of the invention which are applicable to reelingmachines generally are the stop-motion, whereby the reeling is stopped automatically when a thread breaks, and the indicator, whereby the number of yards of thread wound is indicated and the machine automatically stopped when the desired quantity is wound or reeled; and also the mechanism for traversing the parting-bar and reed-carriage may be embodied in other reeling-machines for silk, and in warping or reeling machines for other fibers and materials.

Ourinvention consistsin novel combinations of parts, hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims, in the mechanisms for producing the traverse motion of the parting-bar and reedcarriage, whereby we provide a mechanism which admit-s of the carriage being very quickly and precisely adj usted or set relatively to the screw which operates it. Heretofore the carriage has commonly been operated di rectly by a screw and a split nut or a nutsection, which could be set only to the pitch of the screw, except the screw be turned by hand. According to this part of our invention, we provide a worm carried by the carriage and fitted to a splined shaft, and we journal on the carriage a wormwheel and a drum, which may be clamped to turn by frictional engagement with the worm-wheel, and around which is passed, as many times as is necessary, a cable or cord having its ends iiXed at opposite sides of the machine. When the carriage is to be stopped, the drum is released from the worm-wheel, and when the carriage is to be started the drum is turned by hand to bring the carriage to the desired adjustment and is then clamped to turn with the wormwheel. l

The invention also consists in novel combinations of parts, hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims, in the stop-motion, through which the machine is stopped on the breaking of a thread. According to this part of our invention, the machine is operated by driving mechanism, which may have a shipper or lever controlling a clutch and which is held in operative position by a trigger or movable stop, and this trigger or stop is controlled through suitable mechanism by a bar provided with ratchetshaped or spur teeth,and to which a rapid reciprocating movement is imparted in a plane transverse to the planes in which the fallers or faller-wires'are arranged. So long as the threads are intact the reciprocating notched or toothed bar meets with no resistance, but on the breaking of a thread its faller drops onto the notched or toothed bar and locksit against reciprocation, and the resistance which it encounters causes it to react on its operating mechanism and to throw off the trigger or stop, thereby releasing theshipper and clutch and stopping the machine. The machine may also be stopped by the hand or foot of the attendant.

The invention also consists in a novel construction and arrangement of a faller or fallerwire frame, whereby provision is afforded for swinging the frameinto such position that the faller-wires will stand nearly vertical and the threads will thereby be relieved of the greater part of their weight, such faller-wire frame being used with the reciprocating notched or toothed bar hereinabove referred to.

rlhe invention also consists in a novel combination of parts, including a rotary indicator, whereby the trigger or movable stop will be automatically thrown olf to release the clutch when the desired quantity of yards or meters of filaments or threads are wound on the reel.

The invention also consists in specific combinations of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims, and relating to the mechanism whereby the reel, the shaft 'for moving or traversing the parti n g-bar and reedcarriage, and the indicator are driven, and to the construction of the bearings for the several shafts, whereby provision is afforded for adjusting the shafts into proper alignment and without necessitating any careful fitti ng of the bearings to the frame of the machine.

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The invention also consists in `novel lcombi- .nations of lparts hereinafter described, and

pointed out in the claims, and relating to the construction of the reel, such combinations includinga novel connection of the bars or lags with the heads and intermediate spiders or supports, a novel connection of the elevating blades or bevels with the bars, and a novel means of adjusting and guiding said blades or bevels.

The invention also consists in other features of construction hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings we have illustrated a warping machine or mill particularly designed for silk, and which embodies all the features of our invention. y

In the drawings, Figure l is an end elevation of the warping-machine proper and the creel or spool-frame, one cone-pulley of the machine only being in section. Fig. 2 is a front elevation ofthe machineproper ona larger scale, the crossing-reed-only being removed and its supportingarm shown in section. Fig. 3 is a partly-sectional elevation on the plane of the dotted line x x, Fig. 2, of a part of the mechanism for traversing the parting-bar and reed-carriage. Fig. 4 is an elev vation en a still larger scale of r an adjustable and springsustailed lever, whereby thedesired tension may be maintained in thel cable or cord through which the parting-bar and reed-carriage are operated. Figs. 5 and 6 are respectively front and side elevations, upon a larger scale than Fig. 2, of parts of the Vstopmotion shown in said figure. Fig. 7 is a plan ofthe machine proper on the same scale as Fig. 2. Figs. 8 and 9 are respectively ahorizontal section and partial plan and a front view of a part of the frame and a bearing of novel construction for one of the shafts of the machine; and Fig. 10 is a view similar to Fig. 8, illustrating a slight modification of the invention. Figs. 11 and 12 are respectively a plan and an v'end view of a bearing for the end or cross shafts of the machine, including a section of part of the frame. Figs. 13 and 14 are partlysectional elevations, on apmuch larger scale, of parts of the frame, the main shaft, and stopmotion, the former figure showing the parts in operative position and the latter figure showing them thrown off. Fig. 15 is an elevation in a plane at right angles to Figs. 13 and 14 .and on the same scale. Fig. 16 is an elevation of a part of the creel, with faller-wircs and their supporting-frame. Fig. 17 is a plan of parts shown in Fig. 16. Fig. 18 is an end elevation of part of a creel,.with faller-wires and a frame therefor, which is pivoted to swing upward in order to relieve the threads of the larger part of the weight of the faller-wires. Fig. 19 is a sectional view of a part of the reel in a plane parallel with its axis. Figs. 2O and 21 are sectional views on the planes indicated, respectively, by the dotted lines y g/ and z z, Fig. 19. Figs. 22, 23, and 24 are Irespectively an end elevation, a front elevation, and a plan,

plete, including the tripping mechanism and the trigger or movable stop controlled thereby. Fig. 29 shows in' its upper part a side view of part of the inner disk, and in its lower part a similar view of the outer and quicker-moving disk, together with the trigger or stop and tripping mechanism, showing the latter in operative position. Fig. 30 is a plan of the trigger or stop and tripping mechanism, also including parts of the indicator to i'llustrate their relative position. Fig. 31 represents one of the parting-bars. Fig. 32 is an elevation, on a larger scale,`of part of a stop-motion embodying our invention in a form adapted for use with a reciprocating bar having square or spur teeth and notches, instead of a bar having ratchet-shaped teeth; and Fig. 33 represents part of a reciprocating bar having such square or spur teeth. V

Similar letters of reference designate corre spending parts in all the figures.

In Fig. 1 we have shown an end view ofthe warping-machine proper and of the creel which carries the spools from which-the threads are taken, and havealso represented a telescopic shaft, which transmits from the warping-machine proper the rocking motion necessary to reciprocate the notched or toothed bar, which forms an essential element of our stop-motion, and which is upon the creel. In Figs. 2 and 7 the warpi ngmachine proper is shown in front elevation and in plan upon a somewhat larger scale, and the creel is omitted.

A A designate two end frames or standards of the warping machine proper, which are connected by longitudinal frames or stretchers A, one of which is represented in Fig. 2.r At the back of the machine is arranged t-he reel, which has a central shaft, B, supported in open bearings b in the end standards, A. At the opposite ends of this reel-shaft are handles b', whereby the reel may be lifted and removed entire from the machine, as is usual in warping-machines. The reel is shown in the general views, Figs. 1, 2, and 7, and lthe details of its construction, which are included in our invention, are illustrated in Figs. 19,20, and 21. At opposite ends of the reel are heads or spiders B, which are secured upon the reelshaft B, and have smooth cylindric peripheries similar to pulleys, and intervening between the end heads or spiders, B, are arranged one or more supporting frames or spiders, B2.

The heads and intermittent frames B B2 have secured to them the bars or lags B3 of the reel, which are usually of wood; but instead of these bars or lags being secured directly to the periphery of the heads or frames B B2 by ineans of bolts or screws inserted radially to the central shaft, B, as is usual, the bars or lags are secured by screws or bolts b2 to the faces of flanges b3, which are formed upon the heads or frames B B2, and which project therefrom approximately radial to the shaft B. Near the end portions the bars or lags B3 are slotted from their outer surfaces inward, as shown at b, and in these slots are arranged the bevels or elevating-blad es B", which are usually of metal, and which at their inner ends are connected by a joint with the bars or lags B3, and at their outer ends are adjustable toward and from the shaft B to vary their angle of inclination relatively to the bars or lags B3.

At the end ofthe reel is a pinion or gear wheel, B5, which is formed integral in one casting with a broad flange, B, extending outward transversely to the shaft B, as best shown in Fig. 19, and in this flange are oblique slots b5, of substantially the form shown in Fig. 20, and which receive projections b6 upon the outer ends of the elevating blades or bevels B. The casting forming the pinion and flange lBG is adjustably connected with the arms of the heads or end frames, B', by means of bolts or screws b7 and segmental slots bs, as shown best in Fig. 20; and hence it will be seen that by turning the flange BG relatively to the end frame or head, B, of the reel the elevating bevels or plates B* will, by the engagement of their ends with the oblique slots bi", be shifted outward orinward at their outer ends, so as to give them agrcater orlessinelination relatively to the bars orlags B3. The heads or end frames, B, are also provided with forked or bifurcated flanges b, which receive the outer ends of the elevating blades or bevels B, and serve to guide the blades or bevels in their outward and inward movement and to hold them against shifting transversely to the length of the bars B, and prevent their splitting such bars by bearing against the sides of the slots b. Springs bw are also connected with the blades or bevels B", for drawing them inward into the slots b".

In the end of the slot b" in each bar or lag IB is inserted a casting, b, having an undercut notch or recess which forms the female member of a knuckle-joint, and the blade or bevel B* is formed with a curved tongue or male member, b, which enters such notch or recess and forms therewith a knuckle-joint or dovetailed connection between the blade or bevel B* and the bar or lag B3. One peculiar feature of the joint described is that the center on which the joint bu bl2 works, and on which the blade or bevel swings, is and always remains coincident with the point at which the outer face of the blade or bevel intersects the outer face of the bar or lag, and hence such poi nt remains stationary even when the blade or bevel is inclined at different angles.

At one end of the machine is a shaft, C, which may be provided with fast and loose pulleys c c', and which is fitted to bearings c2, secured to the end frame, A, as we shall hereinafter describe. Near the other end of the machine is a similar shaft, C, which is also fitted to bearings c, secured to the end frame, A, and which receives motion by a belt, C2, running on reverselyset cone-pulleys C:g CL from the shaft C.

G5 C designate a bevelwheel and a spurpinion,whieh are here represented as j ournaled upon a stud, c, and which may be rotated as one, and motion is transmitted from the shaft C to the reelshaft by means of the bevel-pin ion c on the shaft G engaging the bevel-wheel C5 and by the pinion C engaging the spur wheel or circle of the teeth B upon the end of the reel. Although this form of gearing for imparting motion to the reelis very desirable, it is obvious that other equivalent arrangements of gear-wheels might be employed.

A desirable construction of the bearings for supporting the shafts C C from the end frames or standards, A, is represented in Figs. 11 and 12. The bearing c2, to which the shaft C or C is fitted, is convex externally and is secured to the frame A by an inwardly-concave clamp, c5, which is divided, as shown in Fig. 12, and the two halves or portions of which are drawn together and caused to bear tightly upon the bearing c2 by a bolt, c, connecting them, as shown in Fig. 12. The ends of these clamping-sections c5 are hooked or shouldered, as shown at cl, and engage holes or perfor-ations es, formed in the frame A, as shown in Fig. 12, and the convex exterior of the bearing ci is supported ou one side by the divided clamp c5 and at a diametrically-opposite point by a concave seat, c", formed upon the frame A. Although we consider this construction very desirable for the shafts C G, it is obvious that bearings of other construction might be employed. As here represented, the stud c, on which the wheel and pinion C5 C6 turn, projects from a hanger, c, depending from the frame portion, as shown in Fig. 1, and to this hanger is secured a tixed sleeve, c, (see Fig. 1,) which surrounds the shaft C, and on which the cone-pulley l rotates loosely. r1`he cone-pulley CL is therefore not fixed upon the shaft (Y, but is connected therewith by a clutch, cl2, which is fitted to slide upon the shaft C into and out ot' engagement with the pulley C, and which is controlled by a stopping and starting lever or shipper, D, as is best shown in Figs. 13, 14, and 15, and which will be hereinafter fully dcscribed. The pulley, clutch, and shipper, or stopping and starting lever, constitute driving mechanism, which may be adjusted to drive the machine and there held operative by a trigger, or thrown out by a spring or equivalent weight when released from the trigger, so that the parts ol" the machine will be stationary and the shaft C and pulley G only will be operated.

Upon the shaft C is a worm or screw, cl3, which engages a worm-wheel, c, secured upon the shaft E, which extends lengthwise of the machine parallel with the reel and has bear- IOO ings e, whereby it is supported from the end frames, A. These bearings may be of any suite able construction; but what we now consider a very desirable construction is shown in Figs. 8, 9, and l0. The bearing e', to which the shaft Eis fitted, has a convex exterior, and is held in place by the concave clamp e2, secured by screws or bolts e3 to the frame A, the frame having an opening and concave seat, et, whereby the bearing e is supported at the side op posite the clamp e2. The concave seat e4 may be formed upon the frame itself, or may be formed by a ring-support separate from the frame and bearing against the frame opposite the perforation. or opening through which the shaft E and the bearing e' project, as shown in Fig. 10. We have also shown the bearing e as having a radial projection, e5, which may engage a notch, e6, in the concave clamp e2, and which locks the bearing to the clamp, so that the bearing cannot turn with the shaft. Through this projection may be bored an oilhole for lubricating the shaft.

E designates a carriage, which is arranged at the front of the machine, and which has a reciprocating motion lengthwise of the shaft E. This carriage E supports the parting-bars el, and it has a rearwardly-projecting arm, es,

which carries thedistributinglreed e, and a forwardly-projecting arm, ew, which carries the crossing-reed en. rlhe distributing-reed e may have a screw-connection, e, with the arm es, which provides for the fine adjustment of the reed e relatively to the arm e8 and to the reel onto which the threads s pass.

The mechanism whereby the carriage E is traversed along the shaft E is best representedv in Figs. 2, 3, and 7. The shaft E is splined or grooved through the principal portion of its length, as shown in Figs. 3 and 7, and upon it is fitted a worm or screw, E2, which, by means of the spline or feather and groove, is locked to turn with the shaft, but is free to slide along the shaft. In the carriage E is vsecured a stud or fixed journal,f, upon which is fitted a sleeve or thimble,f, as shown in Fig. 3. I

f E3 designates a worm-wheel, which is-jour naled upon the sleeve or thirnble f and which engages the worm or screw E2, and this wormwheel has a hub, which projects forward and supports a cylindric drum, E4, having cast integral with it a hand-wheel, The drum and hand-wheel E4 E5 are not, therefore, connected immovably with the worm-wheel E3; but they-are fitted loosely upon the hub of such worm-wheel, and between the drum and the face of the worm wheel is introduced a washer, f2, which may be of leather or other friction producing material. To the outer end of the hub of the worm-wheel E", on which the'drum E4 isjonrnaled, is applied a clamping-nunja, and by screwing up this nut the drum E* and the worm-wheel E3 may beloeked together by the frictional contact produced through the washer f2, and may be made to turn as one, while when the clamping-nutf' is loosened the drum and wheel EL E5 may turn independently of the worm-wheel E3.

F designates asmall wire cable or other fiexi- I bleconnection, which at the end f* is fast to the end frame, A, of the machine, and at the opposite end, f5', issecured upon the upper end of the lever F, which has a fulcrum-bearing in the movable stirrup F, as best shown in Fig. 4, but also in Fig. 2. Applied to the lower end of the lever F is a spring, f, and the stirrup, which forms the fulcrum-bearing of the lever, is connected by a screw-threaded shank, f7, with the end standard or frame, A. By screwing up the nuts, which are shown in Fig. 4 as upon the screw-threaded shank f7 of the stirrup F2, all slack in the cable or other iiexible connection, F, may be taken up, and a uniform tension will be maintained upon the cable, and it will be held extended by the constant action of the spring f6. The cable or other connection, F, is passed as many times as may be necessary around the drum E4, and may be secured thereto, and hence it will be obvious that when the drum E* is locked fast to the worm-wheel E3 by the clamping-nutf the drum will turn with the worm-wheel as the latter is rotated by the screw E2, and by taking up a portion ofthe flexible cable F on one side of the drum and paying out such cable from the opposite side of the drum the carriage E will traverse along the shaft at a speed necessary to lay the warp properlynpon the reel. As here shown, the carriage E has -a bearing on the shaft E, and is partially supported thereby, and said carriage is here represented as having at the lower portion a wheel or roller, f8, which, by bearing upon the rod fg, extending parallel with the shaft E, prevents the carriage E from turning on the shaft E.

The ereel forl the spools from which the threads are taken is shown in Fig. l. The upper portion of the creel, including the fallcrs and such other parts of the stop-motion'as are thereon, are shown in end view in Fig. 22,7in side view or front view in' Fig. 23, and in plan in Fig. 24.

^ G designates the end frames or standards of the creel, which are connected by horizontal bars or rails G', upon which are secured the IIO slats or bars G2, from which project pins or spindles h for receiving the spools h. The threads s pass from the several spools h. over guide-rods hL and through the eyes .at the ends of the fallcrs o'r faller-wires hs.- At opposite ends of the creel are end plates or frames, G3, which are connected by the rods h2 and by a third rod or stretcher, h4, on which the fallers or fallerwires h3 are pivoted. lIhe portions of the fallcrs which extend forward beyond the rod h4, as shown in Fig. 22, may serve as handles hwhereby the fallcrs may be lifted to enable the threads to be passed through eyes which are at their free ends. Fitted to asuitable guide-fratrie, 71.6, in the upper portion of the creel is a bar, H, which eX- tends lengthwise of the creel, and is toothed or notched upon its upper surface, as best shown in Fig. 23. A reciprocating motion is imparted to the bar H, as We shall hereinafter describe, and it continues such motion until any faller, which may be allowed to drop by its thread breaking, Afalls upon the top of the bar and thus engages with its teeth or notches. Vhen this occurs, the resistance which is opposed by the faller-wire to the movement of the bar H reacts through the mechanism which moves the bar and throws off the driving mechanism, as we shall hereinafter describe. In the present example of the invention the bar H has ratchet-shaped teeth or notches; but it might be formed with notches or projections resembling spur-teeth. In order to support the fallers h3 against lateral movement and to enable them to oppose such a resistance to the movement of the bar H as will be effective when they drop into engagement with the bar, we have represented a channeled plate, hl, as secured to the front of the creel, as best shown in Fig. 24, and re ceiving in the spaces or channels between its projections the free ends of the fallers h, Consequently when any faller drops upon the bar H its end immediately adjacent to the bar is supported laterally by the channeled plate hl, and the bending of the faller laterally is prevented.

The bar H is reeiprocated by means of a rocking shaft extending from the creel to the warping-machine, and shown in Fig. 1 as consisting of two sections, hS It, sliding one Within the other telescopically, and connected by couplings IL10 It with the warping-machine and creel. By the coupling hw the telescopic Shaft is connected with a short shaft, h", upon the warping-machine, and the coupling 71, which is at the creel, is free to turn upon the fixed stud h1, supported by a hanger from the creel, and said coupling h11 has upon it an arm, It, which engages a stud or arm, hl", projecting laterally from the bar H, as shown in Fig. 22. Consequently it will be seen that any rocking motion which the shaft hs 71. receives from the short stop-motion shaft hl on the warpingmachine will be communicated to the coupling portion 7i of the creel, and through the arm h and stud if will produce a rapid reciprocation ofthe toothed or notched bar H.

In reeling very light silk it may be desirable to relieve the threads of the weight of the fallers It, to which the threads are subject with the arrangement of the parts shown in Figs. 22, 23, and 24, and for this purpose we may arrange the fuller-wire frame, which is formed by the end pieces, G, and the rods h2 h", connecting them, upon pivots h, as is shown in Fig. 1S, so that the entire frame containing the faller-wires can bc swung upward from the position shown by full lines in Fig. 1S to the position shown by dotted lines in said figure.

` The fallers It will then stand in a nearly vertical position. and will bear with extreme lightness upon the silk. In connection with such pivoted faller-frame wc may employ a pivotcd leg or pawl, It, which may engage a series of ratchetteeth, h1", on the end stand` ard of the creel G, as is shown in Fig. 18, in order to hold the faller-frame in its elevated position, and such faller-frame may be provided with end handles, h1, and a center haudle, hm, by either of which it may be raised into the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 18.

Figs. 16 and 17 are views corresponding to Figs. 23 and 24, but are on a smaller scale, and for this reason We have referred particularly in the foregoing description to Figs. 22, 23, and 24.

The mechanism through which a rocking motion is imparted to the telescopic shaft hH h9 from the short shaft hl2 upon the warping-machine is best illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 5, 6, 13, 14, and 15. The short shaft It is fitted to a bearing, hf, secured to the stretcher A', and said short shaft has upon it crank-arm, h. To this crank-arm is pivoted a lever, I, having its fulcrum upon a wrist-pin, fi, which is in the end of the crank-arm, and having connected with its opposite ends rods t J designates a rock-shaft journaled in a bearing secured to the end frame, A, of the machine and having upon it two arms, t i. The rod i is connected with the arm t, and with the arm/t" is connected the rod if of a'n eccentric, t, which is loose upon the end portion of the shaft C. The eccentric i is not fast upon the shaft C', for a reason hereinafter explained, but is connected therewith by a clutch, which, as here shown, comprises a collar, il, fast upon the shaft and having in its face an annular groove, is. The eccentric i has a pin, i, which enters the annular groove, and im designates another pin,which is fast in a collar, t, fitted to slide upon the end of the shaft C and controlled by an arm, i, and a rod, im. When the collar t is pushed ontward to the position shown in Fig. 14, the pin im, which it carries, will be entirely withdrawn from the annular groove is in the collar il, and the collars il t will rotate with the shaft C', while the eccentric t will remain stationary. Vhen, however, the collar in is slid inward upon the shaft C to the position shown in Fig. 13, the pin @"0 will project into the annular groove i. and as the collars il i turn with the shaft C the pint'10 will come laterally against the pin t in the eccentric i, and the eccentric will thereafter be rotated and will impart a rocking motion to the shaft J and a reciprocating. motion tothe rod/13', which is connected with the lever I.

As We have before stated, the clutch c, which constitutes a part of the shifting driving mechanism, is controlled by means of a lcver or shipper, D, and which at the upper end is forked or bifurcated, as shown in Fig. 15, to embrace the clutch, and has one branch or arm of its fork extended upward and provided with an operating-handle, D', whereby it may be moved to shift the clutch cl2. -This lever is C and the entire machine.

fulcrumed or pivoted to the frame at d, and is the pin or stop projection d', the trigger orpivoted stop D2 serves to hold the `clutch 022 and the lever D in the position shown in Fig. 13, which is their operative position for locking the pulley CL to the shaft C', sol that said shaft will be rotated continuously.

Whenever the trigger or pivoted stop D2 `is pushed downward to the vposition shown in Fig. 14, so as to disengage its shoulder d2 from the pin or projection d', the lever D will be pulled back by the action of a spring, d5, and will withdraw the clutch cl2 from engagement with the pulley C2, thereby stopping the shaft Se long as the trigger or pivoted stop D2 remains in engagement with the pin or projectiond, such engagement will constitute a sufficient resistance, acting through the rod di the bell-crank J', and the rod i2, to hold the lower end ofthe lever I against movement, and the point of connection of the rod i2 with the le er I will then constitute the fulcrum on whic swung by the eccentric i6, acting through the rod i, the rock-shaft J, and the rod i. The wrist-pin i, which supports the lever I, being between the points of attachment of the rods i i2, the crank-arm h, and the short shaft k12, will receive a reciprocating rotary or oscillating motion so long as the lower end of the lever I is held against movement by the rod i2, and through the telescopic shaft h h the toothed or notched bar` II will receive a short reciprocating motion. When one ofthe threads s breaksthe faller h2 which it controls will drop into engagement with the notched or.

toothed bar H, and thereby will lock said bar against reciproeation. i When this occurs, the resistance to the oscillation of the shaft h and the crank-arm 7L will be very much greater than the resistance which opposes the -movement of ythe rod i2, and by the positive motion transmitted through the rod i the lever I will be swung upon the pin 'i as a fulcrum, and through the rod i2 the bell-crank J and the rod d* will pull down the trigger or pivoted stop D2, whereupon the shipper-lever D will be released, and said lever and clutch cl2 will be drawn back by the spring d5 and will stop the machine.

When the reciprocating notchedl or toothed bar H is provided with ratchet-shaped teeth or saw-1iketeeth, as shown in Fig. 23, and as it is supposed to have when the mechanism just described is employed tooperate it, it is obvious that the fallers h will when dropped lock the bar H against movement in one direction only,and ifthc barbe moved in the opposite dithe lever I is rection its ratchet-shaped teeth will simply lift the faller, andthe latter will not lock the bar until jt commences its return movement. It will therefore be understood that when the bar H has such ratchet-shaped teeth or notches ashort interval may elapse between the breaking of a thread and the stopping of the machine. i

In order tovinsure the instantaneous stopping of the machine, no matter in which direction the bar H may be moving, when the faller h2 drops upon it, we may make the bar H with square or spur shaped teeth or notches, as shown in Fig. 33, and in such case the roekshaft J and the rod/2 (shown in Fig. 2) should be replaced by a T-shaped lever, J 2, which is fulcrumed at j similarly to the bell-crank lever J before described, and as shown in Fig. 32. The rod d4 is connected with one arm of the T-lever J2, and with its other and opposite arm are connected rods i i, which both lead to the lower end of the lever I, and are connected therewith at the same point. In this modification the rods il* i slide through sockets il, which are swiveled or pivoted to opposite ends of the T-lever J2, and the rods fi @"5 are provided with stop-collars i, which come against opposite ends ofthe pivoted sockets im. The stop-collars i preferably consist of nuts, so as to be capable of adjustment upon the rods i 15. With this arrangement, if a faller,h2,drop into engagement with the spur-teeth of the bar H when the bar H is moving in one direction, a pull will be exerted through the rod il, and by its stop-collari17 bearing against the socket il at one end of the lever J 2'said lever will be tilted and the rod d4 will be drawn downward to throw off the trigger or pivoted stop D2. If the faller thus engages with the bar H when it is moving in the other direction,a pushwill be transmitted th rough the rod im, and its stopcollar, by its action on the socket il at the lower end ofthe lever J2, will tilt the lever in the same direction as before, and through the rod d2 will pull down the trigger or pivoted stop D2 and stop the machine. By this latter arrangement of mechanism it will therefore be seen that the machine will be instantly stopped, whether the bar H be moving in one or other direction,when the faller lr drops into engagement with its spur-shaped teeth.

Whenever the trigger or pivoted stop D2 is relieved of downward pull it will be raised,

so as to bring its shoulder cl2 into engagement with the pin or stop projection d', by the aetion of the spring d, which may be' attached to any xed portion of the framingof the mal chine.

In Figs. 2, 5, and 6 we have represented a spring, @'21, as extending between the arm @'22, formed upon the crank-arm h22, and an arm, i, extending from the lever I, and this spring also serves to increase the resistance which is opposed to the swinging movement of the lever I upon the wrist-pin i, and therefore aids in holding the rod i2 and the point at which it connects with the lower end of the lever I ICO IOS

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stationary during the normal operation of the machine. This spring is not, however, an essential element of the mechanism and is cntirely omitted from Fig. 32.

The handle D', which is at the upper end of the lever D, has a limited movement independently of the lever in a direction to throw oft' the clutch c from the pulley C. In this example of our invention the handle D is pivoted at Z7 to the lever D, as shown in Figs. 13 and 14., and is connected by a rod, d, with the trigger or pivoted stop D2. rlhc handle D is f'orked or socketed to receive the upper end of the lever D, and its movement in a direction to throw off the lever D and the clutch c" is limited by the shoulder or surface d upon the handle coming in contact with the side of the lever, as is illustrated in Fig. 14, and after such throwing-olf operation of the handle D it will be returned to normal position, as shown in Fig. 13, by the action of the spring d10. If it be desired to throw ot'f the driving mechanism by hand, the handle D is to be taken hold of and moved in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 13. Its iirst movement will therefore be independent of the lever D, causing it to exert a downward push upon the rod ds and to throw down the trigger or pivoted stop D2 out of engagement with the pin or stop projection cl before the shoulder d" comes against the side of the lever D. W'hen the independent movement of the handle D is terminated by the shoulder d striking the side of the lever D, the movement of the lever D to throw off the clutch c12 will be performed by the spring di", or by a further pressure upon the handle D in the same direction as before. It is also desirable to provide means whereby the driving mechanism may be thrown off by the foot of the operator when on either side of the machine.

Near opposite ends of the machine are levers J3, which are pivoted at their upper ends, j' and extend downward to near the lloor, and one of these levers has a laterally-extending arm, ji, which is connected by a rod,j3, with an arm, J, fulerumed upon the same pivot, d, as the lever D, and having an upward projection, j, provided with an adjustable stop consisting of a screw, y, bearing upon the lever D. The two depending foot-levers J3 are shown as connected by a rod,j, so that the operator by moving the lever, which is at either side of the machine, may transmit motion to the rodj and so move the arm J. Upon the rod j is a lateral projection,j7,which is connected by a rod, j", with the trigger or pivoted stop D2, and through which said stop may be moved to withdraw it from engagement with the pin or stop projection d and throw ott' the driving mechanism. Whenever it is desired to throw off the mechanism by the operator standing near either end ofthemaehine, the corresponding lever, J3, is moved by the foot, and the downward movement ofthe rod j, thereby produced, acts through the rod j to draw down the trigger or movable stop D2, and

at the same ti me the arm J and the stopprojectionj5 are moved away from the leverD, so as to permit the movement of said lever by the spring d" as soon as the trigger or movable stop D2 is thrown off. \Vehave provided lost motion in the connection between the arm 7" and the triggeror movable stop D2, so as to permit the throwing off of the trigger or movable stop by the handle D', or by means of an indicator hereinafter described, without imposing on the handle or on the indicator the additional resistance due to the weight of the foot-levers J and their connections j"j. As here represented, this slack or lost motion is provided for by slotting the end of the rodjt, as shown at j, and providing therein a setscrcw, jl", which bears against the under side of the p'in on the arm y". Consequently, when the foot-levers Jiare operated tothrow off the trigger or movable stop D", the arm jl trans mits motion th rough the screw jm to the rod js,- but when the trigger D2 is thrown olf by the handle D', or by the indicator hereinafter described, the rodj moves downward to the length of its slotj without imparting any motion to the rod j and the levers J3, and trigger D2 is therefore relieved of the resistance due to the weight of these parts. Y

It is advantageous to have the eccentric fi", which operates the stop motion, loose upon the shaft C, beeause'thcn the clutch which operates the eccentric fi will be thrown off when turning the machine backward by hand, and the stop-motion will, during such turning back by hand, remain inoperative. This clutch also provides for a turning movement of the reel. when the machine is first started, before any motion is transmitted to the stop-motion, and hence this turning motion of the reel serves, by tightening the threads s, to lift all the fallers h3 before any motion is transmitted to the notched or toothed bar H.

As best shown in Figs. 13 and 14, the rod im, which controls the clutch for connecting the eccentric i with the shaft C', is connected with the lever D, said lever having at its side a pivoted socket/i, through which the rod i1 plays, and the rod il having collars t and a spring, @'20, through which the lever D acts upon the rod il to throw the stop motion clutch into gear. X'Vhen thelever D is moved to throw off the clutch c, the pivoted socket i acts directly upon one of the collars il" to throw oft` the stopniotion clutch; but when the lever Dis moved in the opposite direction to start the machine, it acts upon the rod il, through the spring fl, and this spring will yield in case the pin il should strike against the end of the pin/i at the moment of engagement, and will, by its resilience, complete the movement of the rod il as soon as the pin is carried out ofline with the pin z' bytherotation ot' the clutchcollar il.

ln order to automatically throw offthedriving mechanism and stop the machine when a definite and predetermined quantity of warp has been wound upon the reelrwe employ a ro- IOC tary indicator which, at a predetermined time, serves to throw off the trigger or movable stop D2, and thus release the shipper-lever'D and the clutch c. This indicator is best shown in Figs. 25 to 30, inclusive, and is applied upon the end of the shaft E adjacent to the drivingclutch c. As shown in Fig. 26, the bearing e' for the shaft E has extending from it a stationary sleeve, e, which surrounds the shaft E, and the'shaft has a portion, c, of reduced diameter, extending beyond said sleeve. The indicator comprises as essential elements two rotary disks or members, K K, which are graduated upon their peripheries, as is best shown in Fig. 25, and which we term,respectively,lirst and second disks or members. The first disk or member,K,is locked to turn with the shaft, as we shall presently describe, and through suitable gearing imparts a stepby-step motion to the second disk, K', which latter is free to turnupon the fixed sleeve or hub e2. As here represented, a washer, 7c, is interposed between the central hub of the first disk,K,and the shoulder of the shaft E which is at the extremity of the fixed sleeve or hub 02; and this Washer may be locked to the shaft by a tooth or projection,k,(shown in Fig. 26,) so as to turn with the shaft. Upon the outer extremity of the shaft E is fitted'a clamping or binding nut, k2, which when set up or'tghtened clamps the first disk, K; between it and the washer 7c, which turns positively with the shaft, and thereby the disk K is held soV as to turnin unison with the shaft.

visions of measure, and in this example of the invention the periphery ofthe disk is supposed to represent live meters in its circumference, and is graduated to meters and fourths of a meter, while the second disk, K', is graduated to indicate five hundred meters, and its spaces each indicate five meters. Upon the hub or sleeve e2,outside the second disk, K', is an arm or cross-bar, 7c3, which may be secured upon the hub or sleeve by a set-screw, kt, and which carries at one end a short shaft or axle, 755, and at the other end a bell and bell-hammer, las. This bell does not constitute an essential part ofthe invention, but it may be employed for convenience. The short shaft or axle kf has upon it a star-Wheel ora trip-Wheel, c7,hav'ing radial projections, and at the other end is provided with a pinion, las, which engages a circular series of teeth constituting a spur-wheel, kg, on the second disk, K. Upon the rstdisk, K, is secured a tripper or tripping device, law, which at each rotation of the disk K acts upon the star or tripping wheel k7, as shown in Fig. 29, and turns it a fractional-portion of a revolution or one tooth, thereby impartingaslight turning movement to the pinion kS and through it advancing the second disk, K', to the extent of one of the spaces between its graduations, which represent five meters.-

k designates a roller, which is mounted upon an arm, k12, and which bears upon the face of the star or tripping wheel k7, said roller The disk K may have its periphery graduated in meters or other dibeing pressed against the Wheel by a spring, k. This wheel kutherefore serves to hold the tripping-wheel 707 and the second disk, K', which it controls, in proper position, and insures the turning-of said disk to the exact extent required by each rotation of the disk K.

The disk K' may be provided on its interior with toes or projections k, which, by acting upon the toe or arm lo of the bell-hammer, serve to sound the bell at intervals of time as the disk K' is' turned step by step.

We have represented in connection with the trigger orA movable stop DIl an arm, D3, which is mounted upon the same fulerum, d",

and which is'connected with the trigger or stop by a pin, m, so that the trigger or stop D2 and the arm Da swing together as one piece uponV the fulcrum d3, as will be best understood from Fig. 30. This arm D3 may be considered as a part ofthe trigger or movable stop. Upon the pin m are secured two arms, m' m2, which we term, respectively, the setting-arm77 and the throwing-off pawl. This setting-armm' and throwing-oft' pawl m2 are both fast u pon the pin or short rock-shaftm, so that any movement imparted to the settingarm m' produces a like movement of the throwing-off pawl m2. The setting-arm m and the throwing-off pawl m2 are acted upon, respectively, by a setting-cam, u, and a throwing-oft' cam n', the cam n being movable by and with the disk K', and the cam n being movable with the disk K. During the normal operation of the machine, and until the required quantity of warp is Wound, thel throwing-off pawl m is held outof range of the throwing-oft' cam n by means of a spring, m3, which may be-applied as shown in Figs. 28, 29, and 30, and which holds the throwingotl' pawl m2 down upon astop-pin, m4, as shown in Fig. 29.

In order to provide for setting the indicator to automatically stop the machine when any predeterminedv quantity of Warp is reeled, it is necessary to adjust the cams n n' circumferentially relatively to the disks K' K, in unison with which they move, and to this end we have represented the cams n n' as not Sup- IIO outer sides or faces of the disks K K' and are adjustable circumferentially relatively to the said disks. As best shown in Fig. 28, the cam-carriers K2 K3 have each a segmental slot, Z, which receives a clamping-bolt, Z-, inserted in the disk K or K', and this slot and bolt provide for turning and setting either cam-carrier relatively to the disk with which it is connected. We have represented by dotted circles in Fig, 28 a circular series of holes, o, as formed in the disk K or K', in any one of which the bolt Z" may be inserted, and such circular series of holes o, in'connection with the segmental slot Z, having greater length than the space between any two holes, provides for adjusting the cams n n to any point throughout the circumference of the two disks K K. Upon the disks K Kl are stop-pins or projections o o2, and upon the cani-carriers K2 K3 are notches or other marks or indications o:l 0*. These stop-pins and marks er indications are made to register, as may be desired, in setting the indicator, by means of pawls or pivoted stops p p'. (Best shown in Figs. 25 and 28.)

The manner ol' setting the indicator will be best understood from Fig. 25, it being understood that the camsn n are located on the camcarriers K3 K2 at points diametrically opposite the indications or notches o or. To set the indicator, the disks K K are both turned back until the stop-pins o oz strike the pawls p,and the cam-carriers K2 K3 are turned until their notches o" o* coincide with the desired graduations on the disks K K', and are then secured imniovably to the said disks by the clampingscrews Z.

Suppose, for example, that it be desired to stop the machine after reeling` four hundred and sixty and one-half meters. The cam-carrier K3 is turned until its notch o4 coincides with the 460 mark on the disk K and is there secured, and the cam-carrier Klis turned until its notch oi coincides with the half-meter mark on the disk K and is there secured. The disks K K are then turned till their stop-pins o' ol come against the pawlsp and the indicator is set for operation. The pawl or gage p' is to facilitate the reading ofthe indicator at any time during the operation of the machine. As here shown, the pawls 1) are weighted at their rear ends, so that their edges or ends will normally be raised sufficiently from the disks KK to enable the stop-pins o 02 to pass under them. Vhen the pawls are to be used forsetting the indicator, they may be pressed down by the tingers upon the disks, so that by engaging with the pins o 02 they will arrest the turning of the disks. Theindicatorhavingbeenproperly set, as above described, the machine is started, and at each rotation of the first disk, K, the trip km, by its action upon the star-wheel or tripwheel kl, turns it forward one tooth and thereby imparts to the second disk, K,a rotary motion equal in extent to the distance or space between its graduations. The cam a has meanwhile no action upon the throwing-off pawl m2, because said pawl is held down out of the way of the cam by the spring m3, and the operation continues until finally the setting-cam a of the second and slowly-moving disk, K,eomes in contact with the settingarm m, as shown in Fig. 28, and by its action on this setting-arm it lifts the throwing-off pawl m2 until the throwing-off cam a is brought around by the rotation of the disk K against said throwing-off pawl mi, and as soon as this occurs the trigger or movable stop D2 will be instantly thrown down or depressed out of engagement with the pin or stop projection d', and will thereby permit the spring d5 to draw back the shipper-lever D and the clutch cw and stop the machine.

It will be observed that the trigger or mov` able stop D2 is provided in rear of the shoulder d2 with an incline, di". Theincline dm performs an important function in the readj ustment of the stop-motion after it has stopped the machine by the breaking of a thread. As before described, the bar H, when stopped by a taller, h, dropping into it, reacts through the mechanism which ordinarily reeiprocates it (the shaft h h" and crank-arm hw) and holds the crank-arm against motion, thereby throwing the shoulders d'l of the trigger D2 out of engagement with the stop-pin or projection d on the lever D. This operation, in the absence ot' some means to prevent, would leave the i'aller lr jammed hard over by the tooth of the bar H against the adjacent rib of the channeled guide hl and would render it diflicult to litt the faller. By the action of the pin d on the incline d2", as the lever D is thrown off by the spring, the trigger D2 is pushed farther down, and, acting through the rod d4, the rock-shaft or bell-crank J, rod fi", and lever I, produces a slight reverse movement of the bar H, which is sufficient to free its tooth from pressure against the i'aller h which stopped it, and permits said l'aller to be readily lifted.

It is desirable to have the lost motion in the connection jB between the trigger or movable stop D2 and the rodj, through which the foot-levers J3 control the machine, because such lost motion enables the trigger or movable stop D2 to be moved through the agency of the automatic stopmotion, or by the indicator before described, without encumbering it with the resistance due to the weight ol" the footlevers and their connecting parts.

What We claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. rlhe combination, with a traversing earriage, of a worm or screwr and mechanism, substantially as described, for operating it, a worm-wheel and a drum journaled concentrically on the carriage, means, as nut f, whereby the drum and wheel may be clamped in frictional engagement, and a cable or cord coiled on the drum and along which the can riage moves as the drum turns, substantially as herein described.

2. The combination, with a traversing carriage, of a worm or screw and mechanism, substantially as described, i'or driving it, a worm-wheel and a combined drum and handwheel journaled concentrically on the carriage, means, as nutfa, lfor clamping the combined drum and hand-wheel in friction-al engagement with the worm-wheel, and a cable or cord coiled around the drum and along which the carriage moves as the drum turns, substantially as herein set forth.

3. The combination, with a traversing carriage, ofl a worin or screw and mechanism, substantially as described, for driving it, a Worm-wheel and a drum journaled concentrically on the carriage, a cable or cord coiled around the drum and extending thence in op- ICO IZO

io evojlez posite directions to points of attachment, and

an adjustable connection, substantially as de-v or cord, means, substantially as described, foradjusting the fulcrum of the lever, and means, as nut f 3, for clamping said drum in frictional 'engagement with said worm-wheel, substantially as herein set forth.

5. The combination, with a traversing carriage, of a splined shaft and means, substantially as described, for operating it, a worm locked to turn with and sliding on the shaft,

a worm-wheel and drum journaled concentrically on the carriage, a cable or cord which is coiled on the drum and along which the carriageA moves as the drum turns, and means, as nutf", for clamping the drum and worm-Wheel together, substantially as herein described.

6. The combination, with the splined shaft E and the worm E2, fitted thereto, and mechanism, substantially as described, for driving the shaft, of a traversing carriage hung upon said shaft E, the wheel and rod f8 f, for supporting and steadying said carriage, the wormwheel, drum, and clamping-nut E3 Ef3, concentrically supported on the carriage, Iand the cable or cord F, coiled around the drum and along which the carriage moves as the drum turns, substantially as herein set forth.

7. The combination, with a reel and driving mechanism therefor and a shipper for controlling the driving mechanism, of fallers through which the threads pass, a toothed or notched bar movable transversely to the plane of movement of the fallers, and mechanism,sub stantially as described, including a telescopic shaft, whereby said bar is reciprocated and by which the shipper is thrown off when the reciprocating bar is locked by a faller dropping thereinto, substantially as herein set forth.

`8. The combination, with a reel and driving mechanism therefor, substantially as described, having a shipper, a movable trigger or stop for holding the shipper in operative position, and a device, as spring d5, for moving the shipper when released, of fallers 'through which the threads pass, a toothed or notched bar movable transversely to the planes of movement of the fallers, and mechanism, substantially as described, and including a telescopic shaft, whereby said bar is reciproeated and through which the trigger-or movable stop is t thrown off when the said reciprocating bar is locked by a faller dropping thereinto, sub-` stantially as herein described.

9. The combination, with a reel and shifting' driving mechanism therefor, of fallers through which the threads pass, a toothed. or notched bar movable transversely to the planes of movement of the fallers, a shaft for reciprocating said bar and provided with a crankarm, a lever fulcrumed upon said crankarm, mechanism, substantially as described, whereby said lever may be swung to reciprocate said bar until locked by the dropping of a faller, andconnections, substantially as described, through which the said lever acts to throw oli" the driving mechanism when said bar is locked by a faller, substantially as herein set forth.

10. The combination, with a reel and driving mechanism, substantial] y as described, and' having a shipper, a trigger or movable stop, whereby the shipper is held in operative position, and a device, as spring d, for moving the shipper when released, of fallers and a reciprocating toothed or notched bar movable transversely to the plane of movementof said fallers, a shaftfor reciprocating said bar, pro vided with a crank arm, a lever fulerumed upon said crank-arm, connections, substantially as described, between said lever and the trigger or movable stop, and mechanism, substantially as described, whereby said lever may be swung to reciprocate said toothed or notched bar until it is locked by a dropping Taller, and thereafter to throw off the trigger or movable stop, substantially as herein set forth. i

11. The combination, with a reci and driving mechanism therefor, substantially as described, and having a shipper, a trigger or movable stop for holding the shipper in operative position, and a device, as spring d5, for moving the shipper when released, of a toothed or notched bar movable transversely to the planes of movement of the fallers, a shaft for reciprocating said bar and having acrank-arm, a lever fulcrnmcd on said crank-arm, mechanism, substantially as described, for operating said lever, a three-armed lever, J2, con-` nected with the said trigger or movable stop, and rods t '515, one operating with a push and the other with a pull on the said three-armed lever and having a common connection with the lever on said crank-arm, substantially as herein set forth.

l2. The combination, with a reel and driving mechanism, substantially as described, and having a shipper, a trigger or movable stop for holding the shipper in operative position, and a device, as spring d5, for moving the shipper when released, of fallers,and a reciprocating toothed or notched bar movable transversely to the planes of the fallers, a shaft for reciprocating said toothed or notched bar and having a crank-arm, a lever fulcrumed on said crank-arm, a rock-shaft, eccentric, and rod for operating said lever, and a connection, substantially as described, between said lever and v the trigger or movable stop through which motion will be transmitted to throw off the stop when the said reciprocating bar is locked by a faller or faller-wire dropping into it, substantially as herein set forth.

13. The combination of pivoted fallers or faller-wires 7L, having thread-eyes at their free ends, the fixed channeled guide hl, in which the free ends of the fallers or faller-wires may rise and fall, a toothed or notched bar movable transversely to the fallers or faller-wires and adjacent to said channeled guide, and meehanism, substantially as described, for reciprocating said toothed or notched bar, substantially as herein set forth.

14. In a machine for reeling silk and other threads, the combination, with a ereel or support, of fallers or faller-wires, a pivoted frame for the fallers or faller-wires, which may be raised to bring the fallers or faller-wires into a nearly-upright position for relieving the threads of the strain due to their weight, and

` means, substantially as described, for holding said frame in position after adjustment, substantially as herein set forth.

15. The combination, with a reel and driving mechanism therefor, substantially as described, and having a shi pper-lever, of a movable stop or trigger for holding the shipper-lever in operative position, and a handle upon the lever having a limited movement relatively thereto, and also having a connection with the trigger or movable stop, whereby the first movement of the handle will throw olf the trigger or movable stop, while its further movement will actuate the lever to throw otf the driving mechanism, substantially as herein set forth.

16. The combination, with a reel and driving mechanism therefor, substantially as described, and having a shipper-lever, 1), of the trigger or movable stop D2, the handle D', pvoted on the lever and having a limited independent movement, and the rod dE between the handle and trigger, substantially as herein set forth.

17. The combination, with a reel and driving mechanism, substantially as described,and having a shipper-lever,and a trigger or movable stop for holding the lever in operative .position, of an automatic stop-motion and connections, substantially as described, for throwing off the trigger or movable stop, a foot-1everand connections,substantially as described, for also throwing off the trigger or stop when desired, and a rod through which the foot-lever acts upon the trigger or stop and which has lost motion in its connections, so that the stop-motion will be free to act without resistance from the foot-lever,substantially as herein set forth.

18. The combination, with a reel and driving mechanism, substantially as described, and having a shipper-lever, of a trigger or movable stop for holding the shipper-lever in operative position, au automatic stop-motion and connections, substantially as described, for throwing off the trigger or movable stop, the

foot-lever J and rod jl, and the rod js, extending to the trigger or movable stop, and having the slot and adjusting-screw j jl at one end, substantially as herein set forth.

19. The combination, with a reel and driving mechanism therefor, substantially as described, and having a shipper-lever, of a trigger or movable stop for holding the lever in operative position, an arm movable independently ofthe shipper-lever in one direction, but acting to move the lever when moved in the other direction, and a foot-lever connected with said movable arm and with the trigger or movable stop, substantially as herein set forth.

20. The combination, with a reel and driving mechanism therefor, having a shipper-lever, a trigger or movable stop for holding the shipper in operative position, and a device, as spring di, for moving the shipper when released, ot' the throwing-off pawl and a settingarm on said trigger or movable stop, a shaft geared with the reel, an indicator on said shaft composed of two graduated disks, the first of which turns continuously with the shaft and comprising a trip, a trip-wheel, and gearing vfor operating the second disk with a step-by-step motion from the first, and cams upon said two disks, that upon the second disk serving to operate said setting-arm and that on the first disk serving to act on said throwing-off pawl to throw ot'l` said trigger or movable stop, substantially as herein described.

21. rIhe combination, with a reel and driving mechanism therefor, substantially as described, and having a clutch, a trigger or movable stop for holding the clutch in operative position, and a device, as spring d, for throwing the clutch out of operative position when released, of a throwing-offpawl, fm, and a setting-arm, m', on the trigger, the shaft E, geared with the reel, the indicator composed of the first and second graduated disks, K K, and mechanism, substantially as described, for imparting a step-by-step rotation to the second disk from the continuous motion of the first disk, setting and throwing-off cams n n for acting, respectively, ou the setting-arm m and throwing-off pawl m2, and means, as plates or cam-carriers K K2 and screws, whereby said cams are adj ustably secured, respectively, to the disks 1i and K, substantially as herein described.

22. The combination, with a reel and reedcarriage of a warping-machine, of the two end shafts, C C,provided with reversely-set conepulleys, and the shaft C, having driving-pulleys, the belt GZ, the bevel pinion and wheel c* C5, and the spur pinion and wheel CG B5, connecting the shaft C and the reel-shaft, the Worm-shaft E, the worm and worm-wheel c e, connecting the shaft G and the worm-shaft E, and gearing through which the reed-carriage is operated from the shaft E, substantially as herein described.

23. The combination, with a frame portion having the opening e and a loose ring with a IOO concave face, of a shaft, as E, extending through said opening, the bea-ring e', convexv or rounded in the direction of its length, and the concave retaining-clamp c2, holding the bearing'inplace, substantially as herein de scribed.

24. The combination, with a frame portion having a concave seat, c, for a bearing, and the slots c8 on opposite sides thereof, and a shaft, as C, extending parallel with the frame portion, of the bearing c2, convex or rounded in the direction vof its length, and the divided retaining-clamp c5, having hooked ends c7 engaging the slots 0S, and having a concave inner surface fitting the bearing, substantially as herein described. f

25. The combination, with a reel-head having the forked or bifurcated iianges b, of the slotted bars or lags B3 and the elevating blades or bevels B4, having their free ends guided in said iianges, and means, substantially as described, for moving the blades or bevels, substantially as herein set forth. 26. The combination, with a reel-head having the flanges b and the forked or bifureated iianges b9, of the slotted bars or lags,B3, bolted to the iianges b3, and the elevating blades or bevels B,having their free or outer ends guided :in lthe forked or bifurcated flanges b, and

means,substantially as described,for elevating the blades or bevels, substantially as herein set forth. f

27. The combination, with the slotted reel bar or lag b, of the elevating blade or bevel connected with the bar or lag by a joint having its center of motion coincident with the point at which the outer face of the blade or bevel intersects the face of the bar or lag,sub stantially as herein described.

28. The combination of the slotted reel bar or lag` B" and the elevating blade or bevel B,

connected by a joint consisting of the female knuckle bu onone part and the male knuckle or tongue b12 on the other part, substantially as herein described.

29. The combination, with the reel-heads,of

bars or lags secured at the ends to the heads and bevels or elevating-blades pivoted each at one end in a bar or lag, the circularrinl bearing against the side ofthe reel-head and having an outwardly-projecting flange with oblique slots for receiving the free ends of the bevels, and boltsinserted through the reel head or circular rim parallel with the axis of the reel and fitting slots in one of said parts, substantially as herein described.

30. The combination of a reel-head and a rim having an outwardly-proj ectiug iiange,the meeting faces of the two parts being ina plane transverse to the axis, and bolts inserted in a direction approximately parallel with the axis through slots in one part and entering the other part, substantially as herein described.

3l. The combination, with a reel and driving mechanism for operating it, a shipper for controlling its operation, and a device, as spring d5, for throwing off the shipper, of an automatic stop-motion having fallcrs and a notched ortoothed bar With which said fallers engage on the breaking of a thread, a clutch VERNQN ROYLE. JOHN noYLE, JR.

g Witnesses:

C. F. MAGER, SIDNEY FAWcE'r. 

